"Putin wanted to demonstrate his supremacy by pardoning me and other Ukrainians," – Savchenko’s first speech in PACE. VIDEO

Ukrainian pilot Nadiia Savchenko has delivered her first address at the meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

As reported by Censor.NET citing 112 Ukraine TV channel, Savchenko thanked MEPs for their contribution in her release and promised to perform her duties of a PACE Member to be useful for the European community.

She added that Russia had abducted her and other Ukrainian citizens, and that Crimean Tatars keep being abducted in occupied Crimea. According to her, the Russian Federation must be held accountable for these crimes by the European Court.